ABC axes Tonightly with Tom Ballard, citing need for ‘fresh approach’
Comedy and entertainment show Tonightly with Tom Ballard will be axed by the ABC after its final airing on September 7.
The show, which has been running four days a week on ABC Comedy since December last year, will not return to screens after its second season, with the broadcaster arguing it was time for a “fresh approach”.
The show first premiered in December last year
Wait a minute …
Did I read that right?
Was a zero left off? (Can’t be. Zoe’s articles are impeccable for their style, erudition and, above all, accuracy)
The show gets 26,000 viewers nationally, around Australia?
When mainstream shows on 7, 9 and (well, lets forget 10 for the time being) secure viewing numbers of 400,000 to over a million?
Without seeking to be judgemental, the question might be not, why was it axed, but, rather, how did it last this long?
Ballard isn’t remotely funny. Not surprised, show was stale.
Thank heavens for that…truly facile non entertainment.
Bring back The Roast!
I second that!
Crap! (The show, that is, not the decision to axe it).
Stage one complete – now please set the crosshairs to be target Charlie Pickering….A fresh approach has been needed for some time! Maybe get some comedians/formats that are actually funny, original, and not obsessively driven by political opinions
To my taste, The Weekly is less funny than Tonightly. Pickering isn’t funny. Kitty Flanagan does some good work when she spends a long time preparing it for the stage, but her weekly material is generally weak. The overseas comedians are generally terrible. Tom is good, which is why he got his own show.
If you like Australian comedy that’s low on social agenda, try Kinne. Encourage Ten to pick up his pilot that’s airing next week.
Hi Mumbrella editors,
I just wanted to point out that I don’t think Tonightly was ‘axed’. It was not renewed for a third season.
Historically the word ‘axed’ is used when a show is discontinued during it’s run. This isn’t the case here. If we use the word ‘axed’ in this context then all shows, no matter how successful, could be called ‘axed’ when they come to the (inevitable) end of their production.
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Sincerely,
Rob.
best show ever! its a disgrace! that its not being renewed and the people who dont like it, oversly don’t understand hummer and truth!
You obviously don’t understand spelling and grandma, oops, sorry, grammar.
I love the show! Shattered it’s going!